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There will be more at stake than just reaching the final two of the ANZ Premiership when Invercargill hosts the Elimination Final. The Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel are confirmed to take on the Silvermoon Tactix at ILT Stadium Southland, renamed Wendy Frew Stadium for the occasion, on August 8 whe

Current New Zealand Rally Champion, Andrew Hawkeswood of Auckland, will line up in this year’s Catlins Coast Rally on Saturday 11 August in what is another coup for the event. Hawkeswood will be at the wheel of the Mazda AP4 that he built and took to the national title last year. That was his first

In a historic first, ILT Stadium Southland will be temporarily renamed in honour of local sporting legend Wendy Frew. The Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel captain will lead her team for the final time on home turf in next Wednesday’s ANZ Premiership Elimination Final – and she will do it at the aptly

A focus on cost reduction and the hosting of two national championships has helped Cycling Southland move back into positive territory and turn around a significant loss from 2017. The organisation has reported a profit of $46,990 for the year ending March 2018, a noticeable improvement on the $52,0

Kiwis Dave Holder and Jason Farmer secured a ninth place class finish in their first-ever run on the famed high speed special stages of Rally Finland. While the pair had hoped for a stronger Finnish result in the FIA Junior World Rally Championship category they are contesting for the first time thi

Kiwi rally driver Hayden Paddon and his British co-driver Seb Marshall have secured a well-deserved fourth place at Rally Finland, their best ever result at this iconic World Rally Championship event, which ran 26-29 July. For his ninth run in Finland, Paddon’s pre-event goal was to be in the top fi

More than a decade of dedicated service to Cycling Southland has been recognised with the bestowing of life membership on former president Lindsay Jordan. The honour was presented to the sport administrator at the organisation’s annual meeting last week. Cycling Southland general manager Mark Hotton

Estonian Ott Tänak scored a hugely impressive win on the fastest round of the World Rally Championship in Finland overnight, as the Toyota team scored a double podium with Jari Matti Latvala finishing third in his Yaris WRC. Tänak has climbed to third in the driver’s championship after front runners